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Cronin will be in conversation with beloved Halifax musician Kim Harris, PLUS it's the night before Saturday's DCAF Talks! panels & workshops which Cronin is also participating in! Check her out as a panelist for the Comics in Academia & Education panel from 3pm-3:45pm!

The FMIF tour continues!! 🚌

Join Mollie Cronin at Halifax's Ramblers TONIGHT (Friday, August 8) from 7-9pm for Cronin's artist talk!

On Sunday, August 10, join Conundrum Press at the market portion of DCAF in Alderney Landing to stuff your tote bag full of comics and zines! We'll have Sofia Alarcon, Mollie Cronin, Eleanor Hannon and Veronica Post at the Conundrum table, with their new books smelling of fresh ink!

CP heads to DCAF 2025! ⛴️

Mollie Cronin, Alex Forbes, Veronica Post, Lynette Richards, Rebecca Roher, + EMANATA editors Sal Sawler & Irene Velentzas are participating in Saturday's (Aug 9) DCAF Talks! as moderators, panelists, workshop facilitators plus conducting portfolio reviews!

Patrick Allaby (THE WATER LOVER) has been coordinating the Sappyfest Zine Fair since 2014! Don't miss this treasure of an event!

Veronica Post's LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL and Mollie Cronin's FUTURE ME IS FAT both launch this August, so we're celebrating with high winds & hot sun on the spectacular Tantramar marshes.

WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 10AM-3PM
WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion (second floor), 15 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB

See y'all at Sappy this weekend!!!
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Join Conundrum Press and artists Mollie Cronin Eleanor Hannon and Veronica Post at this year's Sappyfest Zine Fair!

Salt Green Death is a graphic history that delves into the documented experiences of Joseph O’Dwyer, a young man who was institutionalized at one of Canada’s most notorious historic psychiatric institutions.

Image is black text on white background, "The sheer amount of artistic love and expression of emotion that went into this is profound and wonderfully inspiring. I cannot urge you enough to pick up a copy and welcome a unique journey [...]" - Jeffrey Stychin, The British Columbia Review

Jeffrey Stychin reviews Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH for The British Columbia Review:

"The sheer amount of artistic love and expression of emotion that went into this is profound and wonderfully inspiring. I cannot urge you enough to pick up a copy and welcome a unique journey [...]"

Nathan Abraha reviews Rick Trembles' GESTICULATING GENTRIFICATION for Maisonneuve's Summer 2025 Book Room! Hit the link in our bio to check it out 🔗

WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 10AM-3PM
WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion (second floor), 15 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB

AND! Don't miss Mollie Cronin's ••artist talk•• on Sunday, August 3rd, 12-2PM, also taking place at the Royal Canadian Legion @ 15 Lorne Street! 🎨

Join Conundrum Press and artists Veronica Post and Mollie Cronin at this year's Sappyfest Zine Fair!

Veronica Post's LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL and Mollie Cronin's FUTURE ME IS FAT both launch this August, so we're celebrating with high winds and hot sun on the spectacular Tantramar marshes 🌾 🌬️ 🌞

Last up (for now!), Cronin will be at the Halifax Art Book Fair from August 22-23, located at the All Nations Church (2535 Robie St)!

So many opportunities to celebrate a highly anticipated book! Let's talk comics!

First up is a launch at Beaverbrook Art Gallery on August 6, from 6-7PM. Dr Martha Paynter will be joining Cronin in discussion!

Two days later is a launch at the Ramblers in North End Halifax on August 8, from 7-9PM. Kim Harris will be joining Cronin in discussion!

Mollie Cronin on tour!! 🧳 📚

Mollie Cronin's highly anticipated FUTURE ME IS FAT launches this August and there are so many opportunities to meet Mollie and get your copy of FUTURE ME IS FAT signed by the artist:

Mark you calendars for The Sappyfest Zine Fair in Sackville, NB!!

WHEN: Saturday, August 2nd, 10 AM - 3 PM
WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, 15 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB

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Image is a composite graphic showcasing Andy Brown's interview on The Bridge with Nantali Indongo for CBC Radio to promote his latest book Why Fish Piss Matters: On The Last Authentic Bohemia. The included text reads "In a 90s Bohemia of Montreal, DIY was the only way, pizza and beer was the diet and art was the outcome"

Feeling nostalgic? Check out Andy Brown's interview with Nantali Indongo about his latest title WHY FISH PISS MATTERS: On The Last Authentic Bohemia (Véhicule Press). It'll take you back to the Montreal of the nineties, where a substantial DIY culture and community of artists thrived.🐟 Link in bio 📻

Check out UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities' interview with Call Me Bill author Lynette Richards!

Link to the episode in bio 📻👂

Vancouver!! Join Conundrum Press & artists Ivana Filipovich, Cole Pauls, and Katarina Thorsen at the Vancouver Art Book Fair THIS weekend, July 4-6!

WHEN: Friday July 4 – Sunday July 6, 11AM – 5PM
WHERE: Roundhouse Community Recreations Centre, Vancouver
ADMISSION: FREE!

link in bio 4 more info~

Image promotes The Beat's list of 85 anticipated YA and adult graphic novels for summer 2025, particularly Sofia Alarcon's new book, Endsickness.

‪@sofi-see-sofi-drew.bsky.social‬'s ENDSICKNESS makes The Beat's list of anticipated YA and adult graphic novels for summer 2025! Check out the full list via the link in our bio so you can prep your summer reading stack! 🍉 🏖️ 📚 🍉

Dave Lapp's THE FIELD is available in French from Ici Même Éditions! Make sure you've done some stretches before you try to pick this one up though 💪 📏 📚

French translation by Bérengère Orieux.

Pick up a copy of DENNIVENIQUITY from your fave local comic shop, independent bookstore, or from Conundrum Press online 🛍️ 📚

"Verbatim Diary
While writing memoir dialogue, sometimes I had the benefit of an experience I’ve never forgotten, but conversations generally had to be contrived from the context of the memory. Fortunately, my teenage diary could often confirm certain hysterical verbatim phrases.”

For this new tale, Boyd mined her old diaries and brought her 1970s teen years back to life, rekindling the excitement, joy, and anguish of these formative life experiences.

Try a sample with behind-the-scenes commentary from Boyd:

Image is a panel from DENNIVENIQUITY's pages, with one youth putting on lipchap while saying "looks like the tiger is getting the prey ready for the kill." and the main character, is surprised and responds with "What??" Below the illustrated comic panel is a page from D Boyd's teenage diaries, that describes in text and illustration this exact moment in D Boyd's life.

To the left is the red cover of D.Boyd's new graphic memoir, DENNIVENIQUITY. To the right is an artist photo of D. Boyd. It's in black and white, she has long wavy hair and she is looking at the viewer with a warm smile.

Black text on white background reads "Boyd crafts scenes that are piercingly precise and scraped of sentiment, with expressive, detailed art that illuminates how Dawn's face reveals her joys, disappointments, confusions and occasional bursts of insight. It's a poignant and prickly blast from the past" - Publishers Weekly.

Had a chance to check out D. Boyd's DENNIVENIQUITY, a candid and personal exploration of junior high in the 1970s? Denniveniquity is a darkly humorous coming-of-age graphic memoir by D. Boyd, creator of the award-nominated Chicken Rising.

To flip through the 2025 issue, check out Fanzine's video review, via the link in our bio 🔗

Our 2025 issue includes previews and contributions from:
Katarina Thorsen
Sofia Alarcon
D. Boyd
Rick Trembles
Zoé Jusseret
Vivi Partridge
Dakota McFadzean
Eleanor Hannon
Mollie Cronin
Veronica Post
& more!

Phoenix Productions did a video review of Conundrum's 2025 catazine!

Part catalogue, part magazine, the goal of our 80-page catazine is to introduce comic readers to new work, and includes lengthy excerpts of upcoming graphic novels, comics from artists we love, and behind-the-scenes interviews.

Pick up a copy of SALT GREEN DEATH from your favourite local comic shop, independent bookstore, or from conundrumpress.com

Image is a graphic highlighting the following quote from Booklist's review of Katarina Thorsen's new book Salt Green Death: "This is a testament to curiosity and following the rabbit down the hole, wherever it may lead." - Matthew Noe for Booklist

From Matthew Noe's incredible review of Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH for @ala-booklist.bsky.social:

"This is a testament to curiosity and following the rabbit down the hole,
wherever it may lead."

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Tickets are limited and Pay What You Want.
Grab yours via link in bio 🔗